Socialist, UCU National Negotiator
Joined February 2015
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Pleased to see my article on ‘The Communist Party and the Trade Union Bureaucracy 1920-26’ published in the current issue of International Socialism - in this centenary year of the 1926 General Strike. Check it out here:
isj.org.uk/communist-party-1…
sean vernell retweeted
Standing in solidarity with BCU UCU and all Birmingham City University staff as they declare two formal disputes over job security and fair working conditions.
#Solidarity #UCU #HigherEducation #TradeUnions
sean vernell retweeted
Thanks to those who joined our protest today in solidarity with dockworkers taking action against militarism and war #freepalestine @ucu @STWuk @PSCupdates
This Friday 30 October workers at the University of Brighton will be standing alongside dockworkers raging against the war machine - join us from 12noon outside Elm House on Lewes Road, Moulsecoomb campus @BrightonStopWar @ucu
sean vernell retweeted
BREAKING: @unisontheunion is joining our National Day of Action on 20 November!
Two unions. One fight for the future of post-16 education.
University and college workers across the UK are coming together to oppose devastating cut and demand proper funding for post-16 education
ALT BREAKING: @unisontheunion is joining our National Day of Action on 20 November! Two unions. One fight for the future of post-16 education. University and college workers across the UK are coming together to oppose devastating cut and demand proper funding for post-16 education
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UCU has called upon FE and HE members to participate in a day of protest on the 20th November. My article on bringing Europe to Britain.uculeft.org/bring-europe-to-… @ucu @UoNUCU @GoldsmithsUCU @BrightonUCU @UCULSCollege @ucunewcitycoll1
UCU has called upon FE and HE members to participate in a day of protest on the 20th November. My article on bringing Europe to Britain.uculeft.org/bring-europe-to-… @ucu @UoNUCU @GoldsmithsUCU @BrightonUCU @UCULSCollege @ucunewcitycoll1
sean vernell retweeted
🚨 THURSDAY 🚨
The International Movement Against War tour reaches Glasgow with @RBoydBarrett @EiflerUlrike @LindseyAGerman @andrewfeinstein Hussein Ezzedine @ASLEFunion Andrea Bradley @EISUnion
🗓️ Thursday 29 Oct
⏰ 7pm
📍 Adelaide Place Baptist Church, G2
🎟️ shorturl.at/QEmX0
sean vernell retweeted
“The enemy is at home.” ✊ Last night at the Welfare Not Warfare rally in Birmingham, organized by Stop the War Coalition & Birmingham STWC as part of the International Movement Against War.
Read more below: morningstaronline.co.uk/arti…
#StopTheWar @BrumStWC @STWuk
sean vernell retweeted
On Friday 20 November, UCU members at universities across the UK will come together for a national day of action.
With jobs, courses and the future of higher education under threat, we’re coming together to fight back.
Campaign packs will be arriving in early November to help you get ready!
ALT On Friday 20 November, UCU members at universities across the UK will come together for a national day of action. With jobs, courses and the future of higher education under threat, we’re coming together to fight back. Get involved. Join a protest, rally or event at your university. Campaign packs will be arriving in early November to help you get ready. Find out more: educationitsours.org.uk #EducationItsOurs
sean vernell retweeted
🚨 FRIDAY 🚨
Don't miss the London leg of our International Movement Against War on Tour.
With European and UK speakers including @peter_mertens @LegavreJerome @zarahsultana @DrJoGrady @kate4peace2021 @JohnWRees examining the impact of the drive to rearmament, militarism and war on the cost of living and social welfare across the region.
🗓 Friday 23 October
⏰ 6.30pm
📍 Brunei Gallery, SOAS
🎟️ tickettailor.com/events/stop…
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Key activists from France and across Europe will be bringing eyewitness accounts of the massive protests to a city near you in the coming days.
Don't miss the chance to hear from some of the leaders of a European revolt.
Starts Thursday in Birmingham. Use the QR code to buy tickets.
sean vernell retweeted
Nottingham bought a campus for £37.5m. Spent £40m more on it. Its own accounts say it could now sell for £14m.
Staff and students are paying for that. 609 jobs. Three departments. More than 40 courses.
That's why we're on strike.
thetimes.com/uk/education/ar…
sean vernell retweeted
“There’s no money. What they really mean is there’s no money for you.”
Green Party deputy leader @MothinAli speaking at UCU’s Wages Not Weapons fringe at Green Party Conference.
It’s time to invest in our communities, in education and in people not war.
sean vernell retweeted
#OnThisDay 1984. Arthur Scargill addresses the Labour Party conference in Blackpool.
sean vernell retweeted
Thousands of Edinburgh University staff begin strikes in cuts and redundancies dispute #StopTheCuts #SaveHE scotsman.com/news/scottish-n…
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Join the joint UCU and UNISON protest this Thursday 1 October at 12.30 Cockcroft building @uniofbrighton against union recognition and to protect our rights at work @ucu @UNISONinHE
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Solidarity with @UoNUCU from Brighton UCU!
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#InsourceNow as striking outsourced rail workers demonstrate outside Labour Party conference.
📸 Andrew Wiard
